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Hey Marines, Happy 251st Birthday.
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fka renman95, Sep 2005, 7,000 posts
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Yes happy birthday 🎂 Leathernecks!!
ooh-rah to all the Jarheads out there!
From a crazy Flying Squid.
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“We are only their care-takers,” he posed, “if we take good care of them, then centuries from now they may still be here … ”
Todd - BHNC #242
Happy Birthday to the Marine Corps and Happy Veteran's Day to all the Vet's out there!
Thank you for your service!
Gary TheGasMan - Retired Hank Hill
Nice. When did you fly Hornets? It was 1992-1994 for me.
fka renman95, Sep 2005, 7,000 posts
We missed each other by a few years. I was at Lemoore from late '84 to late '88. Did some crypto' stuff on Dodge my last year and change ('89). Got out the month after the Wall came down.
Actually I didn't fly them (if you don't count three back seat sorties where I "might" have been allowed to use the controls
) ... I just took care of them and trained quite a few about the Avionics/ALQ Systems, etc.
We had a joint squadron and some of my USMC buddies coined that "Flying Squid" expression. I never forgot it.
Jarheads, Leathernecks, Chair Force, Ground-pounders, Squids, Deck Apes, Drink Coasters ... I'm probably forgetting a few ... man we could all dish it out. And most of us could take it too!
“We are only their care-takers,” he posed, “if we take good care of them, then centuries from now they may still be here … ”
Todd - BHNC #242
Semper!....and good night Chesty wherever you are. RGDS!
The whole worlds off its rocker, buy Gold™.
BOOMIN!™
Wooooha! Did someone just say it's officially "TACO™" Tuesday????
Retiring at 55, what day is today?
Disclaimer: I'm not a dealer, trader, grader, investor or professional numismatist. I'm just a hobbyist. (To protect me but mostly you! 🤣 ) "Formerly OAKSTAR with 8,777 posts"
Ooh-rah!!!
An army veteran once told me it's "HUA!" which is an acronym that stands for Heard! Understood! Acknowledged! It was used as a response by a soldier when he is given an order.
Worry is the interest you pay on a debt you may not owe.
"Paper money eventually returns to its intrinsic value---zero."----Voltaire
"Everything you say should be true, but not everything true should be said."----Voltaire
I love my 2025-P ASE Marines privy for the 250th Anniversary.
Happy 251st Birthday U.S. Marines past and present.
PR70DCAM
Thank you for your service !
Added bonus,
a vile filled with the sans of Iwo Jima. It was gifted to me last year during a 250th anniversary party I hosted by a Master Sgt. who personally dug it up.
fka renman95, Sep 2005, 7,000 posts
I collect Military Groups as well as coins, and i hope this is permitted as it pertains to the subject:
This group was awarded to PFC Charles Allen USMC
he was awarded the Bronze Star with Valor ( V) Device,Two Purple Hearts, USMC Good Conduct Medal !National Defense Service Medal ,Korean War Campaign Medal and the United Nations Medal with Korea bar
He was awarded his Purple Hearts at different times: for wounds suffered on April 5 1953 he was awarded his Purple Heart on 31 March 1955 and for Wounds Suffered on April 6 1953 he was awarded his purple Heart when he reenlisted in 1962[]
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Fricken awesome!!
My dad joined the Marines in October 1939, after war had broken out in Europe. This is one of the few photos I have of him in uniform, probably in 1940, and is my attempt at colorizing a black and white photo, He was stationed at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, and was in the Pacific for the remainder of the war. In 1991, the Mint issued the medal below to Pearl Harbor survivors or their families. I learned about it in a Coin World article; Dad passed away in 1972, so Mom submitted the paperwork to get the medal.
Thanks!!
The postcard was from my uncle who fought at Iwo Jima (2nd Wave). He Sent it to his dad (My Grandfather) in May of 1944 while in bootcamp. Notice the first verse is slightly different from today's version of the Marines Hymn; it does not include "In the Air" since that component of the Marines was not there at the time. The license plate is mine.
Semper Fi to all of the Marines out there!
Thanks!!